Tokenless dotfiles installer

Install your working shell in one command.

dots is the public install channel for Paro's portable dotfiles: a tiny bootstrap script, prebuilt paro CLI, Neovim config, and container-safe keymaps.

Start installPick a versionView source
dots.paroslab.io
$ curl -fsSL https://dots.paroslab.io/install | sh -s -- --profile lite
==> platform: linux/amd64 profile: lite
==> downloading paro binary
==> installing nvim + fast CLI defaults

Install

Use the lite profile anywhere you want the public, tokenless setup: containers, throwaway machines, servers, or a new workstation baseline.

curl -fsSL https://dots.paroslab.io/install | sh -s -- --profile lite

Want the cheat sheet in a terminal? curl -fsSL https://dots.paroslab.io returns plain text commands for quick copy/paste.

Fetch installer/install serves the same audited boot.sh script with a shell-script content type.
Detect platformThe script chooses linux/darwin and amd64/arm64 release assets automatically.
Download assetsBinary and lite config bundle stay in GitHub Releases for pinning and checksums.
Apply profileparo install --profile lite links the public config into your home directory.

Commands

These are the existing bootstrap modes exposed by boot.sh. Lite is public; full and work use the private dotfiles release or authenticated fallback.

public · no token

Container / minimal

The copy-paste default for containers and new shells: curl the installer and run the lite profile.

public · no token

Lite install

Installs the CLI, Neovim, fast search tools, and safe keymaps.

private · token

Full install

Installs the private desktop/dev environment from christopher-paro/.paro.

private · token

Work profile

Runs the full install with the additional work overlay enabled.

Quick command sheetterminal-friendly plain text
curl -fsSL https://dots.paroslab.io
Container / minimalbest copy-paste for containers
curl -fsSL https://dots.paroslab.io/install | sh -s -- --profile lite
Litesame public profile, explicit name
curl -fsSL https://dots.paroslab.io/install | sh -s -- --profile lite
Fullprivate release + GitHub token
curl -fsSL https://dots.paroslab.io/install | sh
Workprivate release + work overlay
curl -fsSL https://dots.paroslab.io/install | sh -s -- --profile work
Dry runshow actions without changing files
curl -fsSL https://dots.paroslab.io/install | sh -s -- --dry-run --profile lite
Local testinguse a checked-out repo
sh boot.sh --local /path/to/paro/repo --profile lite

Versions

Install latest or pin an older release. The tab layout is ready for more releases as they are published.

Selected
Latest release
Assets
boot.sh, checksums.txt, paro-lite.tar.gz, platform binaries
Profiles
lite, full, work

Pinned installs download boot.sh from the immutable GitHub release tag, while /install tracks the current site bootstrap.

Install latesttracks newest release
curl -fsSL https://dots.paroslab.io/install | sh -s -- --profile lite
Verify checksumsbefore using downloaded artifacts
curl -fsSLO https://dots.paroslab.io/latest/checksums.txt
sha256sum -c checksums.txt --ignore-missing